The Phenomenon of False Assumption in Historical and Educational Texts

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F44555601%3A13440%2F18%3A43893854" target="_blank" >RIV/44555601:13440/18:43893854 - isvavai.cz</a>

Result on the web

<a href="https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11191-018-0005-9" target="_blank" >https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11191-018-0005-9</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11191-018-0005-9" target="_blank" >10.1007/s11191-018-0005-9</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

The Phenomenon of False Assumption in Historical and Educational Texts

Original language description

This article describes two heuristic strategies for problem solving: the use of false assumption strategy and the use of double false assumption strategy. Both of these strategies have their roots deep in history. In this article, we define these two strategies and illustrate their use in a problem developed by Frances Pellos. The article provides an overview of occurrences of these two strategies in various mathematical and educational texts. The texts show clearly that both of these strategies played a significant role in mathematics education in the past. We present some examples from concrete historical documents, which we use later for the preparation of a teaching experiment. We also present the conclusions of an experiment conducted on three lower secondary schools in the Czech Republic, the goal of which was to test the applicability of the use of false assumption strategy as a propaedeutic to solving word problems using equations.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

50301 - Education, general; including training, pedagogy, didactics [and education systems]

Project

<a href="/en/project/GAP407%2F12%2F1939" target="_blank" >GAP407/12/1939: Development of culture of problem solving in mathematics in Czech schools</a><br>

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year

2018

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Science &amp; Education

ISSN

0926-7220

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

27

Issue of the periodical within the volume

7-8

Country of publishing house

CH - SWITZERLAND

Number of pages

31

Pages from-to

737-767

UT code for WoS article

000449002400008

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85055714960